I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.

  • -- Winston Churchill 温斯顿·丘吉尔

我总是避免事先预言,因为在事情已经发生之后再预言是更好的策略。

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Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.

即使你是即兴创作,你事先知道某些事情会起作用,这一事实会帮助你使即兴创作成功。对音乐结构有一定的了解真的很有帮助。

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful.

我不仅避免提到塞林格,我拒绝去想他。我没有重读他给我的信。这段经历太痛苦了。

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

避免痛苦的唯一方法是没有足够的空闲去想自己是否幸福。